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A fact from John Solomon Cartwright appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 September 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Tory MP John Solomon Cartwright refused a request by the governor-general of the Province of Canada to join the government, because he would not sit in Cabinet with radical Francis Hincks?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Solomon Cartwright.

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Did you know nomination

Detailed discussion of DYK nomination: August 2021

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 02:23, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that when John Solomon Cartwright, MP, was dying he sold his law library cheaply to a rising local lawyer, John A. Macdonald, future prime minister of Canada, so it would stay in the Kingston area? Dictionary of Canadian Biography: CARTWRIGHT, John Solomon
- ALT1:... that Tory MP John Solomon Cartwright sat on the Canadian court martial which convicted Nils von Schoultz of leading an American invasion of Upper Canada in 1838, sentencing him to be hanged? Dictionary of Canadian Biography: CARTWRIGHT, John Solomon Dictionary of Canadian Biography: SCHOULTZ, NILS VON
- ALT2:... that John Solomon Cartwright, MP, wanted French Canadians to participate in the government of the new Province of Canada, but opposed the use of French in the provincial Parliament and courts? Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography: CARTWRIGHT, John Solomon
- ALT3:... that Tory MP John Solomon Cartwright refused a request by the Governor-General of the Province of Canada to join the government, because he would not sit in Cabinet with radical Francis Hincks? Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography: CARTWRIGHT, John Solomon

Improved to Good Article status by Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk). Self-nominated at 02:56, 18 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
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Other problems:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: New GA. All points check out, all hooks are sourced, ready to go with any of them. I like ALT1 most, but all pass muster. Moonraker (talk) 13:34, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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